Filing-cabinet.



J. DANNHEISER.

FILING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.4. 1909.

Patented NOV. 23, 1909.

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vm WMM J. DANNHEISER.

FILING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED No.4, 1908.

UNITEDsTArEs PATENT. OFFICE.

JOSEPH DANNHEISER, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FILING-CABINET.

To all whom 4it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DANNHEISER, citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and use ful Improvements inFiling-Cabinets, of,V which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fihng cabinets.

My object is to provide a cablnet suitable for tiling drawings andthelike vertlcal position, in`which the drawing will be suspended in apocket, and with means for withdrawing any desired drawing when thecabinet is opened, and opening out the drawing rea'dy for inspection anduse.

1t has other objects which will be imamfest hereinafter.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combinationof parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, havingreference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a verticalsection of my filing cabinet. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of same,partially broken. away. Fig. 3 is a plan view of same. Fig. 4 is abroken away perspective showing the clamp and filing pocket. Fig. 5shows a modification of the clamping device. Fig. 6 shows one way ofattaching an index card holder. Fig. 7 is a detail of the spring members16.

A represents a cabinet or box .of any suitable size, shape or material,and having a topcover 2, and a front door or closure 3; this closure 3being slidable and pivotally supported by the braces 4 to the lower endof the closure and provided with pivot pins 5 which operate in the guideslots 6 in the sides of the cabinet. The outward movement of the closureor panel 8 and of the brace arms 4 is limited by suitable means, as theslotted segment 7.

The maps, drawings, or other papers to be filed are held by clampmembers 8 9 carried by rods 10, and which rods are adapted to rest on across-piece 11 and behind a stopbar 12 in the top of the cabinet.

The clamp members 8 9A are made of sheet-metal, one of the members, as8, being bentaround a rod 10 to embrace the latteri and to turn thereon,and the other member 9 being bent around both the bent portion of themember 8 and the rod, and adapted to have a limited turning movementtoward and from the coperating member 8; this Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

Application led December 4, 1908. Serial No. 465,927.

limiting movement being provided for by' having the bent ortion of theouter member 9 extend a little ess than the full circumference aroundthe bent portion or pivot of the member 8. The two members 8 9 arelocked together to grip a sheet, by suitable e means, as the rigid loopmember 13.

Secured to one of the members, as 8, is a pocket 14 made of any suitable.materiah like tough manila paper, with the two ends of the stripbrought together and locked by suitable means, as the glove fastener 15,adjacent to the lower edge of the grip member 9. The papers or maps ordrawings to be filed are placed inside the pocket 14 and gripped by themembers 8 9, when the clamping device 13 is slipped down over the.members 8 9. There may be any number of these rods with their respectivegrippers 8 9 and pockets 14, each pocket containing separate maps ormemoranda, and all these pockets or filing devices are slipped intoplace in the cabinet from the top, with the ends of the rods 10projecting beyond the pockets and resting, as before said, on thecross-pieces 11.

Extending across each end of the cabinet just above the cross-pieces 11is a spring plate 1G which is slit and bent, as shown at 17, to providespring catches, each of which spring catches 17 projects a shortdistance inwardly over the end of a respective hanger rod 10. Thedisposition and length of the spring catches 17 are such that if any oneof the hanger rods 10 is lifted, a pair of these spring catches 17 willbe spread outward to allow the rod to pass u and then spring in againimmediately to orma support for the rod, above, and parallel with, thelower support 11.

If now the front panel 3 is opened, assum-A ing it previously to havebeen closed and with the hook members 18 pushed into full line positionwithin the cabinet, as shown 'in Fig. 1, the withdrawal outward of thepanel 3 into operative horizontal dotted line osition, will cause thehooks 19 on the en s of the members 18 to engage the ends of the liftedhanger rod and draw it forward and withdraw the particular pocket anddrawing carried by that rod. The act of withdrawing the drawing from thecabinet bends the pocket so that the fastening 15 may be loosened, andthe act of opening out the panel 3 opens the pocket and spreads thedrawing flat on the table. lIn this operation the stopbar l2 preventsthe other rods .from being disarranged. y

The rods 18 have a free sliding movement in the ends of the panel 3,-and their length is approximately equal to the depth of the box. f Whenthe panel 3 is closed these rods are pushed into place out of sight and1n behind the hangers, substantially` as shown in full lines, Fig. l. Inpractice, the hooks will drop down when the panel 3 is 1n horlzontalosition presenting a free and unobstructe table or use as a drawingtable.

To replace a le, the pocket is buttoned up and the file sli ped downinto place, the springing out o a pair of spring catches 17 alloWmg thehanger once more to assume 1ts position, being supported on thecrossbars 11.

The various hanger rods are provided with suitable indexes 20 arrangedin any appropriate manner.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a modified form 8 of the clamping device, inWhich the clamp member is formed from one piece of sheet-metal. Thepaper forming the pocket is fastened, as shown, by folding the aperaround the bar, the clamp member 8 eing bent around the rod outside .ofthe paper, clamping this in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is- 1. In a iling cabinet, the combination of a boxhaving a front panel, with means for turning this panel from a verticalto a horizontal position, filing devices supported in the upper portionof the cabinet, and means carrie by the panel engageable with one ofsaid filing devices to withdraw the same from the cabinet and spread it011 the table.

2. A filing cabinet comprisin a box havinga movable front and top, lingdevices supported in the upper portlon of the cabi-l ,.net, saidiilingdevices including rods having tile-holding means, means for supportingthe ends of the rods in the cabinet, other means for supporting the endsof any rod at an elevated position from the other rods, and meanscarried by the movable front of the box for withdrawing the ile of anelevated rod.

3. A filing cabinet comprisin a box having a movable front and top, lingdevices supported in the upper portlon of the cabinet, said filingdevices including rods havingffile-holding means, means for supportingthe ends of the rods in the cabinet, and spring catches in the cabinetand above said means for supporting the rods and normally extending overthe ends of said rods and interposed in the path thereof, and on whichcatches a rod may be supported in elevated position. Y

4. A filing cabinet comprisin a box having a movable front and top,supported in the upper portion of the cabinet, said filing devicesincluding rods having file-holding means, means for supporting the endsof the rods in the cabinet, spring catches in the cabinet and above saidmeans for supporting the rods and normally extending over the ends ofsaid' rods and interposed in the path thereof, and on Which catches arod maybe supported in elevated position, the front of said boxcomprising a panel turnable from a vertical to a horizon,

tal position, and means carried by this panel for engagingan elevatedrod and Withdrawing it trom the box when the panel is opened out.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Wit- C. C. CooK.

ling devices

